CVE-2016-0778

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

20.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-01-14 00:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-29 20:28Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-12-16

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8548192b1132049af048daaf207fedce8cc9a3923de73fbffc60610a80d54f1f

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